July 15 2007 (Sunday)

Hi all,

Some of you may have heard about CBC's "The Great Canadian Wish List" which finished a couple weeks ago. It was a youth-centered attempt by CBC to see what is the greatest wish for Canadians. It involved youth signing up for what their greatest wish is on a thing called "Facebook" which is really popular among youth. There's an article about it in Maclean's: http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070607_153018_13524.
The wish to abolish abortion in Canada included the message below. This wish was at the top of the Canadian wishlist by July 1st, which is when it ended. Just thought this was so encouraging - it shows that abortion is not a dead issue in Canada, but that indeed it is important for youth. The results for the wishlist were as follows:

Top Wishes By Membership
9920
Abolish Abortion in Canada
8535
I wish that Canada would remain pro-choice
4684
For a spiritual revival in our nation.
4672
Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage
3616
I wish tuition fees would be either lowered or eliminated.
3521
It's time for drastic measures to save our environment
2544
Canada should keep ABORTIONS and GAY MARRIAGE Legal!
2067
A Canada where no one must choose between paying rent and their medication
1896
Proportional representation
1377
Greener Canada

Summary
Wish CreatorDave GilbertI wish that there was an end to abortion in Canada.The intentional killing of an innocent human being is wrong.Abortion is the intentional killing of an innocent human being.Therefore abortion is wrong. From the moment of conception a unique, individual human being is created with separate DNA from his/her mother. They also could have a different blood type and/or gender if the preborn child is a male. By the law of biogenesis, to find out what a living thing is, we look to see what the parent's are. Clearly, a woman's offspring must be human. The term "foetus" is from Latin and means "offspring" or "young one". It is a stage in development for the newly created human, just like toddler. Stages of development change, but we are always human. The law governs many other things people deem wrong, ie. Child abuse and rape. People can choose to do these, but laws are in place against them because they harm other human beings. With no protection for the preborn child, until they take their first breath, today in Canada over 100,000 lives are ended each year. There is also no informed consent law for women making this important decision. Many women become depressed, and/or infertile, among other things. Infection is the most common physical harm which can lead to hemorrhaging and can lead to death. Abortion is not safe for women. This wish aims to redeem the humanity of the preborn child. It also recognizes that there needs to be necessary social changes in place to support women in crisis pregnancies.